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. >> reporter: new secretary of defense chuck hagel ordered a review of the military's handling of rape cases after an air force general threw out aggravated assault conviction of a pilot. a bill has been introduced into congress to strip military commanders of the ability to overturn sentences. rob, diana. >> thank you, timon. we hear so much what happened inside the catholic church. but all these organized groups that are so secretive that you don't, you don't hear about what happened. the boy scouts of america, that is starting to surface, the military that is starting to surface. >> i wonder the last point there why military commanders would have the same power that a judge in the court of law should have. particularly as a crime as serious and disgusting as rape or sexual assault. let's be honest the stat the man gave about the male victims in the military. >> 56% of all assaults are men. >> get this, of the 2,439 formal reports submitted back in 2011, only 240 actually went to trial. 240 of 2400. that is astounding. we have some serious issues. a culture we need to break in the mi
. >> reporter: new secretary of defense chuck hagel ordered a review of the military's handling of rape cases after an air force general threw out aggravated assault conviction of a pilot. a bill has been introduced into congress to strip military commanders of the ability to overturn sentences. rob, diana. >> thank you, timon. we hear so much what happened inside the catholic church. but all these organized groups that are so secretive that you don't, you don't hear about what...
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. >>> chuck hagel may be confirmed today as secretary of defense, but his predecessor, leon panetta, will not be on capitol hill for the vote. anxious to retire, panetta will watch hagel's proceedings on tv from the comfort of his own home in california. >>> the senate finance committee is expected to approve the nomination of jack lew as secretary of the treasury. a confirmation vote from the full senate expected tomorrow. he replaces timothy geithner. >>> the nation's most famous surgeon general has passed away. c. everett koop was appointed by president reagan in 1981 and instrumental in changing america's views on smoking, trying to get the country to kick the habit by the year 2000. he also endorsed condoms and sex education in an effort to stop the spread of aids. he died at his home in new hampshire. dr. koop was 96 years old. >>> pope benedict has just days left as the leader of the roman catholic church and their scandal as a transition begins towards a new pope. abc's david wright reports from the vatican. >> reporter: britain's cardinal keith o'brian will not attend the co
. >>> chuck hagel may be confirmed today as secretary of defense, but his predecessor, leon panetta, will not be on capitol hill for the vote. anxious to retire, panetta will watch hagel's proceedings on tv from the comfort of his own home in california. >>> the senate finance committee is expected to approve the nomination of jack lew as secretary of the treasury. a confirmation vote from the full senate expected tomorrow. he replaces timothy geithner. >>> the...
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chuck hagel was there meeting the flag draped casket of cody patterson killed in afghanistan. since the shutdown started, 26 soldiers have died, 6 in afghanistan. paperwork is piling up and the families of those service members are being asked to sacrifice even more. they haven't received the so-called death benefit, a $100,000 payment usually issued within three days of notification of death. >> it's unthinkable that these benefits would not be available. >> reporter: thanks to a military charity they will be. the pentagon announced that the fisher house foundation will provide these families with benefits and when the shutdown ends the pentagon will reimburse the charity. when it comes to the shutdown and debt ceiling, there are no signs of progress. the president met with members yesterday. he had a warning yesterday. he said if the shutdown continues, veteran benefits checks will not go out in november. >>> the aid included military hardware and $260 million in cash. morsi is set to go on trial next month on charges that he incited the killing of opponents last august. >>>
chuck hagel was there meeting the flag draped casket of cody patterson killed in afghanistan. since the shutdown started, 26 soldiers have died, 6 in afghanistan. paperwork is piling up and the families of those service members are being asked to sacrifice even more. they haven't received the so-called death benefit, a $100,000 payment usually issued within three days of notification of death. >> it's unthinkable that these benefits would not be available. >> reporter: thanks to a...
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. >> president karzai said yesterday when chuck hagel was there that he is convinced we're working with the taliban. those are the kind of comments, i said this yesterday, i think he is under the impression he can say anything he wants because we're there and we're kind of stuck there at this point. but these green-on-blue attacks which continue to happen -- what's really scary is this isn't happening in a battlefield. this isn't happening in the caves of afghanistan. this is happening where police officers for afghanistan are turning on our police officers. we are trying to turn it over to them. so, it is different than when it is on the battlefield. >> absolutely. very messy. don't know where it will go. not a sterling week in terms of u.s./afghan relations for sure. we'll keep an eye on that. >>> sadly there are more american fatalities to report in the war zone this morning. a blackhawk helicopter went down in southern afghanistan overnight killing five u.s. troops. hostile fire does not appear to be the cause here. initial reports indicate that weather may have been a factor. >>> a
. >> president karzai said yesterday when chuck hagel was there that he is convinced we're working with the taliban. those are the kind of comments, i said this yesterday, i think he is under the impression he can say anything he wants because we're there and we're kind of stuck there at this point. but these green-on-blue attacks which continue to happen -- what's really scary is this isn't happening in a battlefield. this isn't happening in the caves of afghanistan. this is happening...
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. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel is expressing disgust and outrage, promising swift action after the arrest of an air force officer on sex assault charges. this is not just any officer. he was the head of an air force program to prevent just those assaults. here is abc's larry jacobs. >> reporter: there has long been complaints about the military's failure to do more to prevent thousands of alleged sexual assaults. in just one year there were an estimated 19,000 cases. now 41-year-old lieutenant colonel jeffrey krusinski, ran the sexual assault office is charged with misdemeanor sexual battery. arlington county police report identified krusinski as a dru drunken male suspect who approached a woman and grabbed her breasts and buttock. >> how can we stop the amount of sexual assault and rape in the military if the person in charge of enforcing these policies commits these same crimes? >> reporter: department of veteran affairs reports some 30% of women in the military have been raped or sexually assaulted while serving. last week the air force said it disciplined five former commanders
. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel is expressing disgust and outrage, promising swift action after the arrest of an air force officer on sex assault charges. this is not just any officer. he was the head of an air force program to prevent just those assaults. here is abc's larry jacobs. >> reporter: there has long been complaints about the military's failure to do more to prevent thousands of alleged sexual assaults. in just one year there were an estimated 19,000 cases. now...